[HaikuPorts-users] libdvdcss + vlc, mplayer, gnumeric and BurnIT NOW!

[Chris Roberts]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:51 PM, allcoms <allcoms at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi HP-users list!
>
> I installed VLC 0.8.6d using Haiku's optionalpackages command and
> quickly discovered it couldn't play CSS protected DVDs. I noticed
> haikuports have a libdvdcss so I downloaded that and copied the libs
> into /boot/common/libs and the include files into /boot/common/include
> (iirc - I'm not on my Haiku box now). Being new to Haiku/BeOS I didn't
> know if there is an equivalent to ldconfig so I just rebooted but I
> was still unable to play my CSS protected (PAL) DVDs under VLC. Can I
> actually use libdvdcss with VLC 0.8.6d or have I just installed
> libdvdcss incorrectly? It'd be a good idea to put a README in the
> dvdcss archive to clear this up, maybe?


I don't think it's as simple as dropping the library in place.
Enabling this feature would probably require a recompile of the
package.  I haven't actually looked at the code to verify this though.
 There is also the problem of the questionable legal status of the css
code in the US.

BeOS and Haiku don't have an ldconfig command because there is no
library cache.  The library paths are scanned each time an app is run.


> I noticed you have an ffmpeg package, which I great as I'm hoping I'll
> be able to use this to play flash video files under Arora - has anyone
> tried porting mplayer? I've also spotted a BeOS port of Abiword so why
> no gnumeric? Its easily the best FOSS spreadsheet and would make a
> fantastic addition to HP. I hear Koffice is soon to pick up MS Office
> import support but kspread (and to an even greater extent sum-it),
> which should be ported to Haiku/QT4 soon, still won't match the power
> of gnumeric.


I believe Gnumeric is heavily tied to gtk/gnome so it would not be an
easy task to do this.  It would either need a port of the gtk/gnome
libraries or a whole new native GUI would need to be added to it.


> My other big wish/ request/ question for the Haikuports team is BurnIT
> NOW! which I've only been able to find source archives for. Admittedly
> I've not tried compiling it myself yet (I think I'd use BeIDE to do
> so?) but it'd be great if I could just get an easily-installed package
> from Haikuports instead. Is there a better Haiku/BeOS-native cdrecord
> GUI available that BurnIT NOW!?


Seeing as how BurnIT is a BeOS application, I don't think it actually
qualifies as a port.  Maybe it should be resurrected as a project on
osdrawer(with the permission of the author?)


--Chris